Chinese New Year is just in a few days on February 10th and it is time to start planning how to celebrate it. Traditional meals are usually whole steamed fish and potstickers, but this year I'm going to choose even an easier version Shumai dumplings. I know that anything that reminds a purse symbolize prosperity for the next year. So they definitely remind a purse and a very well stuffed one! Shumai dumplings are always made with pork and shrimp filling, but obviously in Turkey I had to make a different version. So I chose chicken and Chinese cabbage filling flavored with soy sauce and ginger.

Shumai dumplings

( makes about 30)

What we need:

for the dough:

300g flour

150ml water

1 tbsp oil

a pinch of salt

for the filling:

300g ground chicken

200g chopped Chinese cabbage

1 carrot

1 onion

4 tbsp soy sauce

1 cm piece of ginger

a good pinch of chili powder

1 tbsp starch

1 egg

What we have to do:

Make the dough by combining all the dough ingredients - flour, water, salt, oil. Mix it well and then knead for 5 minutes until you get elastic dough. Leave to rest until you make the filling.

Divide the dough into three parts and roll each one into a thin rectangle. Cut the dough into square pieces 10x10cm. Add a teaspoon of filling into each and use your hands to fold the dough around the filling.

Bring a pot of water to boil and arrange the dumpling on the steamer. Brush the steamer with some oil to prevent it from sticking.

Steam the dumplings for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with some spring onions before serving! Serve it warm with soy sauce or without. Enjoy!